diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index c3967c1fa5d382..4c88b4f67eb23c 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -206,14 +206,15 @@ To read the documentation:
 $ man doc/node.1
 ```
 
-If you prefer to read the documentation in the browser,
-run the following once `make doc` is done:
+If you prefer to read the documentation in the browser and have `python` 
+installed, you can run:
 
 ```console
-$ make docopen
+$ cd out/doc/api/
+$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer
 ```
 
-This will open up a browser tab/window with the documentation.
+and navigate to `http://localhost:8000` in your browser.
 
 To test if Node.js was built correctly: